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With hypoglycemia, you eat both. You have to be wary of proteins at bedtime because you might not sleep well. My 17 year old eats almost constantly to keep her glucose level up. It drops rapidly no matter what she eats. Do you have a nutritionist? This was our lifesaver! If she has a problem she can call anytime. It had been great. It costs us about $75.00 a visit even with insurance, but we couldn't have done it without her!

It depends upon what you are doing. If you are going to exercise you should eat a low glycemic index snack to prevent sugar lows. If you are about to go to bed you should avoid high glycemic index snacks because they will cause a spike and then a sugar low.Only about 4% of protein will be converted into glucose that enters the bloodstream. Protein will keep you from becoming hungry after a couple of hours. If you are trying to avoid higher blood sugars you should eat protein. However, your body has to have sufficient amounts of carbohydrates in order to maintain good balance and health.

protein is better for you and if you have protein and fat or protein and carb then it keeps you fuller so I'd go with protein. Or if you wanted both you could do like cheese and crackers or something with carb and protein.

I have a one-pound bag fo m&m on the table and when i get the urge to eat sugar I take 2 pieces and that does the trick… from time to time it does not work so I get a slice of wheat bread and some peanut butter with some milk and that for sure that solve the problem.

Don't think of it as either/or. Instead, incorporate the two, and be mindfull of calories. High protien (yogurt, light string cheese, skim milk, egg whites) and complex carbs i.e. high fiber (a slice of ww bread/toast, oatmeal, triscuits, all bran) - I eat a breakfast of Special K and vanilla yogurt (140 cal), lunch of oatmeal, special K mixed in, skim milk, and a raw vegie of some sort, and I am not hungry during the afternoon. For dinner I incorporate complex carbs, high fiber vegies, and protein (egg white omlette), Before bed I am not quite so disciplined, but try to keep to a diet hot choc and a smalll bowl of cereal … However, I tend to occasionally binge on my hubby's pop-tarts or cookies, which are pure sugar that spike my sugar… hey, I'm only human. :( I've learned to forgive myself…LOL!

Hello Mrs SRicci15!Have you ever heard of Vortman's cookies! There are great! The ones without sugar and 0 trans fat are the ones to try! I have seen almond shortbread, windmills, chunky chocolate chip and shortbread! My Mother tried a Windmill and said they were great and tasted better than the ones with sugar. I got them from Wal-Mart!I am not ashamed to say I bought $70 worth of stuff I could eat that day! I hope you try the cookies…simply delicious! Be Blessed!

Thanks Mrs. T. I have tried them. As long as I program my pump for the sufficient amount of carbs I am okay, but when you get downto brass tacs, a calorie is a calorie, and I often battle with the calorie thing. I find the 100 calorie snacks (which I buy in armfulls at Walmart) are handy. And 90 cal granola bars, Choc Pretzel… yum!

Hi R1ndeer, Are you taking a serving away from your meals to create the snacks? (I'm T2, diet and exercise controlled) I started by taking a carb serving away because they had said to spread the carb servings out as evenly through the day as possible for steady bg levels. I eat 3 meals and 3 snacks. I found that my fruit snacks need protein or fat with them to slow down the carb absorption or I might spike. For instance, my morning snack might be blueberries with a little yogurt and my afternoon snack might be pear slices with a little peanut butter. My bedtime snack works best on the following fasting reading if it's a whole wheat carb with a little fat or protein, like a whole wheat mini bagel or tortilla with butter. (I'm going to try the graham crackers and pb, that sounds good!) I know it sounds like I eat a lot, and sometimes it feels like it too, but my meals are small and filled with vegetables and lean protein. I hope that helps.

Thanks, CaliKo. Yes that's what I'm trying to do (taking a serving away). I have been having trouble with portion control, and the Drs. want me to spread out through out the day. So, I don't over eat at any meal, Then my BS are out of whack. I think I'm going to try your afternoon snack of pear slices with PB.

if its hard to take a carb away do it slowly. i do know that when my sugar reading gets high i eat eggs or some kinda of protein and it lowers my sugars pretty quickly. You want to equal out your portions of protein and carbs.

Good luck, I hope it works for you as well as it did for me. I think it helps with portion control knowing that you get to have a snack in a couple of hours or so. Sometimes if I feel like I just have to have something and it's not time, I'll eat an ounce of low-fat cheese or a roasted red bell pepper. But of course, it all has to be counted in the daily total.

During my diabetes class at the hospital, I was told to eat a graham cracker with 1 teaspoon of pnt butter on it as nite time snack, if my #'s before bed was 80-100. They said the pntbutter was slow in digesting and would help me through the nite, and now the morning #'s are great. It sure works for me.

I've been wondering that about night-time snacks as well. Which usually makes your sugar lower in the morning? One nurse suggested yogurt. I sometimes eat a few nuts. It's hard for me to remember to eat before bedtime . . . I've been training myself not to for so many years . . . How does eatting or taking cinnamon at night influence your morning levels?

My normal nite time snack is 0ne cracker with peanut butter. I was told by my diabetes educater that it stablizes your sugar through out the night. Any time I have cinnamon it lowers my blood sugars. I normally will have cinnamon toast for breakfast as my BS are high in the morning , but that is do to pain medication I take at night.

I eat string cheese and a hard boiled egg. Sounds crazy, but it works for me. I carry a small apple with me in my pocket and if I am getting a little tired, I eat it and it pushes me home. Usually walk 5-6 miles each day. I started slow and worked up to what now is my norm. Makes me feel good when I get back home.Good Luck to you..

you can always walk around the malls if its bad outside. i live in denver and walk around walmart for a few hourd wth my kids sometimes just to get some kind of exercise. its better than just sitting at home. window shopping is always fun :}

gee thats a bummer. You can always walk in place in your house. Start out slow. they also have exercises when you are sitting down. You can always go online and search for those. any kinda of exercise is good. i hate to exercise and no its hard but you really do feel better when you exercise and sleep better at night.

When it is raining or extreme heat, I do walk in my home. I have a very long home and using a pedometer will get all my steps in for the exercise. It's a lot of back and forth, but I get it in. This is not my exercise of choice but just something I have to do for myself. I figure diabetes does not take the day off and neither can I.

thats a good idea. i never think about that. we have a game system called the WII and i do boxing and other games that make you exercise and you get a workout on some of the. punching the bag for 5 minutes is a good workout and you sweat as well.

I really wanted to know if I was to choose a snack, any time of day,overall which would be better eating a carb or eating a protein. I was looking for something that I could stretch out my meals. So, I could have 3 basic meals and 2 snacks in the day.

Right, but it depends. If you have kidney problems then you may need to eat less protein or you may cause more damage to your kidneys. If you are going to exercise then you may need to eat more carb or you run the risk of getting low blood sugar or your body releasing glucose and sending your blood sugar high. Some people find that in the morning they have problems eating carb so you may want to eat more protein. Conversely some people find that a little more carb in the evening will help their blood sugar over night. Protein will keep you from feeling hungry for longer than carb will but you have to take everything else into consideration.

I understood from my doctor that I'm to limit animal protein from my diet, not all proteins. My blood sugars fluxulate from day to day depending on what I eat for breakfast or for lunch. That is why I was looking for a common snack that would not have two many calories, depending if it was a carb or a protein.